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Government spends huge amounts of
money on road safety annually
Agona Swedru, July 2, Ghanadot/GNA- Road users have been
urged to justify the huge amount of money being spent
annually on road safety campaigns, Mr. Noble Appiah, Acting
Executive Secretary of National Road Safety Commission has
said.
He said very little was achieved due to the failure of road
users to avoid accidents and therefore, called on all and
sundry to help curb the incidence for the benefit of the
nation.
Mr Appiah announced this when he addressed the members of
the Agona District Road Safety Committee as part of his tour
of the Central Region.
The Acting Executive Secretary said last year the commission
targeted over speeding and over loading, which he said were
identified as contributory factors of fatalities on the
highways.
According to him, a survey conducted by the Commission last
year indicated that accident rates on the roads had reduced
drastically but said this year, the Commission has targeted
pedestrians and occupant of buses.
Mr. Appiah stated that African governments, including Ghana
had targeted the year 2015 to reduce road accidents by 50
percent.
He said, with regard to this, the government has intensified
the road safety campaign in order to achieve the target.
The Acting Executive Secretary pointed out that the campaign
would be extended to churches, mosques, schools, markets and
accident wards of hospitals on how best they could help to
reduce the accidents on the road.
Mrs. Mary Obiri-Yeboah, an executive member of the
Commission expressed concern about excessive speeding by
some drivers of Metro Mass Transit (MMT) and urged the
management to check the practice.
Mr. Kobina Nkrumah, Awutu-Effutu- Senya District Director of
Driving and Vehicle and Licensing Authority (DVLA) cautioned
car owners to stop using plain metals for the erection of
car seats to prevent loss of lives during accidents.
Mr Thomas Boakye, Central and western Regions Director of
the National Road Safety Commission expressed regret about
the non-functioning of the District Road Safety Committees
inaugurated at the Winneba-Junction recently and appealed to
the surrounding District Assemblies to support the
Committees to operate.
GNA
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